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<blockquote data-quote="shtove" data-source="post: 211876"><p>This is the point - Russians are in Kaliningrad because the USSR colonised it. That's also why they're in the Caucusus and central Asia. They've been colonising for centuries. Ukraine is a mind blowing example - think of the Holomodor, almost as ruthless as the Holocaust, and probably more efficient.</p><p></p><p>Before Hitler went hunting for Stalin, there were German colonists strung out across the Baltic states and western Russia - living there for hundreds of years. They're not there now because ... you know the story.</p><p></p><p>And a major part of Hitler's strategy in Barbarossa was to gain control of the Caucusus - because of the oil, not just around the Caspian but in the Gulf as well. It's part of the reason Israel is so important to the west - that strategic control is needed to keep the oil flowing to industry, and to our (America's) fleets and battalions.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure how to join the dots, but western Europe is in big trouble ... again! Appeasement looks like the way to go. ****.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shtove, post: 211876"] This is the point - Russians are in Kaliningrad because the USSR colonised it. That's also why they're in the Caucusus and central Asia. They've been colonising for centuries. Ukraine is a mind blowing example - think of the Holomodor, almost as ruthless as the Holocaust, and probably more efficient. Before Hitler went hunting for Stalin, there were German colonists strung out across the Baltic states and western Russia - living there for hundreds of years. They're not there now because ... you know the story. And a major part of Hitler's strategy in Barbarossa was to gain control of the Caucusus - because of the oil, not just around the Caspian but in the Gulf as well. It's part of the reason Israel is so important to the west - that strategic control is needed to keep the oil flowing to industry, and to our (America's) fleets and battalions. I'm not sure how to join the dots, but western Europe is in big trouble ... again! Appeasement looks like the way to go. ****. [/QUOTE]
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